shameful

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃeɪmfəl/

Adjective

shameful

1. Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
   • 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, [http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/leisure/hampshire_food_festival_2015/4139634.Hampshire_pubhas_gone_down_the_khazisays_top_critic/ Southern Daily Echo]:

     "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."

2. Giving offense.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:despicable

Translations

• French: honteux, scandaleux
• German: schandbar, beschämend
• Italian: vergognoso
• Portuguese: vergonhoso
• Russian: позо́рный
• Spanish: vergonzoso

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